Man, sometimes I just hate people. These stories solidify the people that irritate me.
I came in this afternoon from morning surgery and my office staff tells me one of the patients I'm seeing tomorrow has already been ridiculously hateful to them on the phone. Why? Because she's a no-pay (oops, I mean, self-pay) patient who my office staff informed would need $100 to see me. She went ballistic and said I was a rich surgeon and she shouldn't have to pay because I make "plenty of money" and she needs medical care, blah, blah, blah. They also informed her that if she needed surgery that a portion of the surgery would need to be paid up front to the hospital as well as myself. Needless to say she wasn't happy with that. We'll see if she shows up. I'm sure she will be more than pleasant.
